Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 10:26:12 +0200 From: "Marius Vincent" <mvincent@elcb.co.za> To: "Alexander Werner Skwar" <askwar@DigitalProjects.com> Cc: "freeBSD-Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Installing exim and removing sendmail Message-ID: <NEBBJNFFELDAHIBIGIAMIEFOCBAA.mvincent@elcb.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20000428101557.E2187@gartenfrucht.DigitalProjects.com>
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Alex >Hmm, where do I need to put the configuration file for exim? I just >have a /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.sample. Does the config file go to >/usr/local/etc/exim/configure or does it go to >/usr/local/etc/exim.conf? copy the /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.sample to /esr/local/etc/exim/configure Exim looks for a /usr/local/etc/exim/configure file. Marius On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 09:53:33AM +0200, Marius Vincent wrote: > Alex > > I am running Exim 3.12 on a FreeBSD 3.4 box. Hmm, where do I need to put the configuration file for exim? I just have a /usr/local/etc/exim/configure.sample. Does the config file go to /usr/local/etc/exim/configure or does it go to /usr/local/etc/exim.conf? > > The three conf changes I did is. > I disabled sendmail (sendmail_enable=no , in /etc/rc.conf). > The other change is, I removed the binary of sendmail under /usr/sbin. > And the last change I made is a simbolic link from sendmail to > Exim(usr/sbin/sendmail -> /usr/local/sbin/exim). > > I done this, because whenever the cron calls to do the routine messaging via > sendmail it will point towards exim, I must add that it does work rather > nicely. > > And don't worry about /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim.sh it gets called up at > bootup. > > Ohhhh yeah...and I have nothing but praise for Exim. > > Thanx > > Marius Vincent > Technical > ELCB Information Services > > > Hello! > As I don't quite understand the configuration of sendmail and don't > really want to learn how sendmail is to be configured, I'd like to > install exim as the MTA on my system. > What do I need to do to > > - disable sendmail -> is it enough, when I insert a line > sendmail_enable=no to my /etc/rc.conf? > > - remove sendmail -> which package contains sendmail? I grepped through > the listing of pkg_info -La for /usr/sbin/sendmail, and did not find > anything at all. > > - install exim 3.13 -> I downloaded exim-3.13.tgz from ftp.freebsd.org > and pkg_add'ed it. That was a pretty easy step ;-) > > - enable exim 3.13 -> Okay, I found /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim.sh. How do > I make sure that this script is executed at boot time? Would I create a > /etc/rc.local and insert a call to /usr/local/etc/rc.d/exim.sh there? > Would that be enough? This question also applies to MySQL which seems > to be started thru /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server.sh. > > Thanks for your help! > > Oh, almost forgot to mention: I'm using FreeBSD 4.0. > > Alexander Skwar > -- > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com > Sichere Mail? PGP/GnuPG Keys als Antwort auf Mail mit Betr: Get GPG Key > ICQ: 7328191 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com Sichere Mail? PGP/GnuPG Keys als Antwort auf Mail mit Betr: Get GPG Key ICQ: 7328191 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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